The sight of a golden lemon suggests ice water, sugar and a straw, in other words: good old-fashioned lemonade recipes. The lemon is the family’s best friend when the sun is sizzling.
As you can see from these Vintage Coney Island photos & postcards, This beach area just outside New York City was one of the most popular resorts in the United States.
Tall, fruity coolers, with or without spirits, are much more refreshing than the usual carbonated soft drinks or heady cocktails. Try drink recipes like this red rum cooler, iced tea Hawaiian, Hawaiian rainbow or sunshine floats.
Right from the ’50s, here are some classic tips to keep your kitchen cool when it’s hot outside, plus some easy recipes to help you beat the heat.
Squirt’s not sweet like other soft drinks. In fact, it’s definitely dry. It starts with sun-ripened citrus fruit and ends up with natural dryness, a quality never before achieved in soft drinks.
Before air conditioning and refrigerators existed, here’s how peolple managed to stay cool during the great New York heat wave of 1911.
Five flavors of whipped gelatin form this colorful, spectacular dessert: a rainbow cake – an eye-catching red, pink, orange, green and purple layered dessert recipe!
These vintage swimsuits from the ’50s said they’d ‘slim the hips, diminish the waist, and give your bustline the gently rounded new look.’ See
Remember vintage Doughboy pools? Some were big enough for adults and kids could learn to swim. Take a look back at above-ground poolls & retro wading pools!
A Victorian garden party may extend from afternoon into evening, or it may be entirely an evening affair, in which case the lawn and shrubberies are lighted by Japanese lanterns cleverly put about the place.
You never heard of frog lemonade? Probably not — it’s a Southern drink that is perfectly delicious, invented back in New Orleans, Louisiana around 1894.
‘I just bought the only vacation you can keep — a Coleco pool. Would you believe it cost me less than taking the family away for two weeks?”‘
Ideas for hot dog cornsticks, Pronto dogs, Frank-roll slices, hotdog boats, hot dog-bacon roll-ups, Herbed franks and rolls, Franks in blankets, Snappy frank-cheese rolls, Sauerkraut hot dogs, Frank-cheese burgers
It’s surprising what you can do with watermelon — cook it, chill it, pickle it — for a side dish, salad, dessert, drink, relish or topping. Here are some great watermelon recipes for you to try!
Midsummer night’s dream: A party menu plan for Juliets in search of Romeos This strategy works like charm. Invite lots of boys and wear your ruffly-est ruffles. Great food. Great fun. And no more lonely Saturday nights.
Here’s a recipe for a pink raspberry-angel food dessert, otherwise known as the “All’s-Well-That-Ends-Well Dessert” from a magazine recipe menu that called ‘Midsummer night’s dream: A party plan for Juliets in search of Romeos.’
For the boat, the beach, around the pool, or just a quiet drink on the porch, you’re invited you to try these summer rum drinks! Salud!
Make these ornaments in minutes for dazzling centerpieces or decorations. It’s so easy! You simply use straight pins to attach sequins and beads to Styrofoam forms.
Here are 37 different classic punch recipes to try — none with alcohol as an ingredient. The fruit juices and different varieties of carbonated waters and ginger ales will satisfy the palate, and cool you off in a most refreshing manner.
Ice cream salad recipes: Tomato ice cream, cucumber ice cream & avocado ice cream The tomato ice cream on the rocks [below] makes a frosty start
Don’t yawn your way through another summer sandwich. Get with these exciting new spreads you make yourself. Dipwiches: Sandwich spreads you make with dips!
The Majestic is an attractive house at all times of the year, but it is additionally so in the summer, because of its beautiful roof garden.
Banana Royale & “Swing Tassel” Clown Shaker Exciting coloring contest Presidential sundaes & peach sundae Personality dolls plus hot fudge sundae &
The young lioness swimsuits Brave… sensuous… graceful… beautiful… Don’t you want to be a young lioness this summer? Of course you do! Grrrrrrooowwwwlll! they’ll say
A thousand summer joys for the vacationist Rugged hills, grassy valleys, babbling streams, quiet bays, dusky woods, the surging surf Such are some of the
Lipton summer salad topping recipe & Lipton Chili Con Carne recipe No other soup — canned or mix — gives your recipes this special flavor California
Summer swimming in NYC Gotham’s youth are fortunate in the number of opportunities for swimming which the city’s configuration presents. Many a graceful and expert
Summer is for looking outdoors … so send the winter draperies to be cleaned and stored. In their place, drape lengths of fabric over the
Traveling requisites for the summer vacationist The trunk and traveling-bag maker is a wide awake man. He’s got to be so long as folks travel
Summer parties and entertaining duties never cease — there are always garden fetes, weekends, luncheons and bridge suppers to be planned and executed.
The charm of vacationing in New York — the ideal place for a summer resort — lies in the unrivaled transportation facilities of the great seaport.
You can think of these Victorian chocolate and coffee frappe recipes as precursors to Starbucks’ Frappuccino. You can even combine a couple and make an icy mocha frap of your own, courtesy of these recipes from the 19th century!
How to be a better cook …and save money, too! By Mary Blake, Carnation Home Service Director Ever discover a recipe so different you can hardly
Hail the red, white and blueberry. A simple summer dessert that’s frozen fantastic. Hurray for the magic of Eagle Brand! It’s the secret to this
6 different ways to preserve fresh raspberries Raspberries are such a perishable fruit that they should be preserved as soon as possible after their arrival
Scientists are without sufficient information to explain the appearance of the sea monsters so far inland and northward at a point remote from their usual habitat.
Here’s the scoop. Nothing beats fresh fruit ice cream on a hot summer’s day… except creamy fresh ‘n’ fruity ice cream you make yourself — without an ice cream maker!
There are many ways of using cherries, but I know of no better way to serve them to the family than in a rich pie crust. This is my favorite summer cherry pie recipe.
Shake ‘n Bake and extra chicken today …and have a picnic tomorrow. Shake ‘n Bake chicken tastes so good hot or cold, you get two
Frenzy in the summer skies This idealized drawing of a lightning discharge illustrates some of the things we know about lightning today. Still not definitely
How-to get your home ready for the summer season Comes the first hot spell and all those “added touches” in a room… the velvet or
Paper with throw-away chic We propose paper, Madame Chairwoman, when the committee comes to lunch in your garden. Set out the tables under huge oiled-paper
Here is the pie of all pies from our Pillsbury contest! Chocolate-flavored, chocolate-colored crust. Fluffy vanilla chiffon filling, topped with whipped cream and bits of chocolate crust. Perfect for summer.
Fun to do… fun to bird-watch all summer long! How to turn a Pure-Pak milk carton into a beautiful home for birds It’s easy with
Playwear plans for summer Whether you vacation at home or away, your choice of easy-to-wear play clothes will add to the enjoyment of leisure hours.
Jiffy-make ponchos Start with new fabric or cut up an old skirt for this summer’s most popular topping Our carefree tie-on poncho is cut in
Fully-dressed at the beach (c1920) Suit vests at the seaside, of course! Somewhere in New York or along the coast northward. Same day as the
Summer sandwiches There is literally no end to the fillings that are possible for sandwiches, provided one knows how to prepare them in an appetizing
A bit of magic in 3 acts Setting for a lovely resort at home “Because the new, young pattern is to go skiing or snorkeling
Take cover If you’re lucky enough to have a pool, this portable dressing room can ease the traffic through the house, and also be a
The new parasols Dreams of beauty in lace, chiffon, fishnet, satin ribbon, and of every hue From the New York Sun Women don’t miss it
Pretty arms are essential by Alicia Hart Short sleeves are everywhere — a prophetic number of them appeared at the Belmont Park racetrack, where fashions
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